Medios móviles emergentes en la enseñanza de lenguas

Los avances tecnológicos y, en concreto la democratización del teléfono inteligente en todos los sectores de la sociedad, han supuesto un cambio en las comunicaciones, tanto en la forma como en el contenido de estas. Este contexto incide de manera importante en la enseñanza, y especialmente en el ámbito de la enseñanza de la lengua, dado que su objeto es el desarrollo de la competencia comunicativa. Desde esta perspectiva, este estudio tiene como objeto conocer los usos e innovaciones educativas que se están llevando a cabo en la enseñanza de lenguas con la utilización del teléfono inteligente, mediante la revisión de la literatura existente. Para ello, se han examinado publicaciones científicas provenientes de bases de datos internacionales de los últimos cinco años, desde 2012 al 2017, relacionadas con los posibles usos del smartphone en el ámbito de la enseñanza de lenguas, según destinatarios, herramientas y resultados de investigación. Los datos muestran un uso mayoritario de los móviles para la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras, así como en la etapa de educación universitaria, especialmente como componente motivacional y para la corrección de malos hábitos.Technological advances, and in particular the democratization of smartphones in all sectors of society, have brought about a change in communication, both in the form and content. This context has an important impact on teaching, especially in the field of language teaching, since its aim is to develop communicative competence. From this perspective, this study aims to explore the educational uses and innovations carried out in language teaching with the use of smartphones, by reviewing existing literature. To this end, we have examined scientific publications coming from international databases, from 2012 to 2017, related to the possible uses of the Smartphone in the field of language teaching, according to target audiences, tools and research results. The data show a widespread use of mobile phones in foreign language teaching, as well as in university education, acting as a motivational component or as a strategy to correct bad habits

Using Mobile-Based Formative Assessment in ESL/EFL Speaking

With the widespread application of smartphones in and outside the classroom, mobile-based teaching and learning is drawing much attention and hence being extensively practised nowadays across the globe. Recently, using smartphones for assessment purposes has been a new phenomenon and the researchers are still examining what processes the use of mobile-based assessment tools may include and what outcomes and challenges they can cause to teachers and students in terms of learning/teaching performance, motivation and attitudes. There have been a good number of research studies on the use of Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) or Mobile Learning (ML) in EFL or ESL classroom but not much literature is known about the mobile-based language assessment, especially mobile-based formative assessment (MBFA). Hence, this study attempts to shed light on MBFA and review the recent literature available on it and its effective utilization in developing ESL/EFL speaking skill. This paper uses a qualitative research method that exclusively uses the relevant secondary references/works available on the topic. The literature revealed that MBFA practices in ESL/EFL speaking classes are effective to a certain extent and some tools and procedures seem to be more effective than others depending on the design principles and strategies used by teachers or app developers

Mobile Open Social Learning for Languages (MOSL4L)

An extensive literature exists on how to help students learn languages. The learning process is particularly challenging since it combines different types of knowledge and skills into a dual process of comprehension and production, using both oral and written modalities. Networked technology has led to the emergence of different types of learning that can be applied to languages. In this article three of these types are highlighted as being particularly useful for language learning, as can be seen by their impact in the literature, namely mobile, open and social learning. After an analysis of each one, a proposal is made to combine them into a single framework called Mobile Open Social Learning for Languages (or MOSL4L). It is subsequently characterized using Activity Theory and some suggestions are made for establishing a rubric that could enable language learning scenarios to be analyzed in terms of the constituent parts that define their nature and enable the causal relations with learning to be highlighted

Omineca Herald, October, 31, 1977

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